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b"Abbey Road was a street known only to North Londoners until The Beatles posed on the zebra crossing outside EMI Studios on 8th August, 1969. Photographer Iain MacMillan took just six snaps, one of which graced the front cover of their penultimate album, \\u2018Abbey Road\\u2019.\\nThe image became instantly iconic, partly due to the decision not to name the band or the album on the front of LP. It even spurred a conspiracy theory that claimed that Paul McCartney was dead, and being played by a lookalike, attested to his by bare feet and the number plate on the vehicle behind him.\\nIn this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly explain why the picture nearly didn\\u2019t happen in St John\\u2019s Wood at all, but in NEPAL; dive into the \\u2018Paul Is Dead\\u2019 conspiracy; and check out the live feed of hapless tourists approximating the picture\\u2026\\xa0\\nFurther Reading:\\n\\u2022 \\u2018Obituary: Iain MacMillan\\u2019 (The Independent, 2006): https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/iain-macmillan-364645.html\\n\\u2022 \\u2018Revisiting London's iconic album cover images\\u2019 (BBC News, 2008): https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-43318498\\n\\u2022 \\u2018Beatles fans flock to Abbey Road for 44th anniversary\\u2019 (Telegraph, 2013): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoVvSW-Qqmk\\nThanks so much for supporting the show! We're your Octopus's Garden\\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill. Edit producer: Sophie King\\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders.\\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2022.\\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices"